Posts Tagged ‘Alexander Pope’

Quasi-unintelligibilty (Part 3)April 19, 2013: After having wandered somewhat far from the discussion of quasi-unintelligibility in my last post I thought it might be a good idea to revisit the topic before moving forward. I had set out last week [...]by Timothy Donnelly

Quasi-unintelligibility (Part 1)April 10, 2013: Seven years ago this month Helen Vendler published one of my favorite of her books, Poets Thinking. In particular I love its chapter on Alexander Pope, which starts off by recounting the frustration [...]by Timothy Donnelly